Testimonials

Canterbury farmers win with WaterMetrics. Canterbury farmers now have access to expertise and equipment that puts them at the forefront of water consent monitoring and irrigation technology, thanks to an alliance of specialists that includes WaterMetrics... Read More

Meters a step to irrigation efficiency. A simple installation of data logging meters is the first step towards more efficient irrigation management for Dairy farmer Neil Brown.  Neil’s 280ha dairy operation consists of two farms running three well pumps in the Chertsey ground water zone. Working with Andrew Neil of WaterMetrics, Neil installed ECan approved MagMeters. The meters will record pumping rate both in real time, and cumulatively via inbuilt data loggers... Read More

WaterMetrics helps conversion become a “grass factory.” Light stony soil and limited water resources meant restrictions on water take and effluent application were inevitable when Leighton Pye converted a 220ha (effective) Rangitata property to dairying last year. ECan compliance included water meters on the farm’s four wells, and restrictions on effluent application.  Working with WaterMetrics NZ (A strategic member of the Hydrocom Alliance) however means those compliance requirements have become a valuable management tool to help the farm reach its full grass growing potential sooner, and more efficiently. The farm has fully integrated irrigation technology providing real time data from its four wells, soil moisture and temperature data all linked by telemetry technology and delivered via the internet to the farm computer. For farm sharemilker Joe Wyborn and his staff despite only being in their first season with the system, the guess work has been removed from their irrigation decisions... Read More